Car-loader.



515759555. PATENTED MAY 9,-1905. M. c. LILLY.

GAR LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED 00w. 3., 1904.

Patented May 9, 1905.

MARCINE C. LILLY, ()F MAROA, ILLINOIS.

CAR' -LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,555, dated May 9,1905.

Application filed October 3, 1904. Serial No. 227,050.

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Be it known that I, IVIABCINE (J. LILLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maroa, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Loaders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel construction in a device for loadinggrain on cars, the object being to provide a simple and ellicient deviceof this character in which the grain is fed to the shovels at a pointadjacent the deliveryspout, so as to be subjected to the action of saidshovels as little as possible; and it consists in the features ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying d 'awings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is aview in elevation of the delivery side of a grain -loader constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section ofsame on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of same onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In loading grain from elevators into cars it is desirable that the sameshould be beaten or subjected to the action of shovels as little aspossible to avoid breaking of the berries as far as possible. It is alsodesirable that such grain should be loaded at the least'possible expensefor power and preferably be equally distributed at both ends of the car.

To these and other ends my device comprises a casing A, consisting of ahorizontally-disposed cylinder having a tangential spout B at its lowerend. Passing centrally through said casing is a shaft C, which isjournaled adjacent one end in a bearing D in one of the side walls ofsaid casing and at its other end in a bearing E, supported upon astandard F, bolted to said casing A. Mounted on said shaft C within saidcasing A are two frames G, each having three arms, on the free ends ofwhich plates or shovels H are mounted. ()ne of the side walls of saidcasing A is provided with a large central opening through which acylindrical drum J, cast integral with one of said arms Ur, projects,said drum being adapted to be revolved with said arms at relatively highspeed. The outer end of said drum is closed by means of a disk or ringK, which is mounted upon the standard If, said disk having a largeopening L, through which communication with the hopper M is established,the latter being adapted to receive the grain from an elevatorspout orother source of supply. Secured to said ring K is a deflecting-plate N,the lower edge of which is concentric with and lies in light contactwith the inner face of said drum J, the inner end of saiddeflecting-plate being almost flush with the inner edge of said drum.The said deflecting-plate N is located above the lowermost point of thedisk or ring K and so that a radius of same extending at an angle ofsubstantially forty-live degrees to the vertical would intersect saidplane substantially midway between its ends.

The grain entering my device through the opening L would obviously fallon the inner face of said drum J and by centrifugal force would becarried around by said drum against the inner face of saiddeflecting-plate N, and thereby be thrown into the path of the shovels Himmediately in front of the mouth of the delivery-spout B, so that theshovels come in contact with said grain only to give same a finalimpetus into the spout.

As the grain is thoroughly agitated during its passage through themachine, the dust and dirt contained is freed, and to exhaust the same Iprovide perforations O in the peripheral wall of the casing adjacent thedeliveryspout thereof, my device being thus also effective as agrain-cleaner.

I. claim as my invention 1. In a car-loader, the combination with acasing having inlet and delivery spouts, of a plurality of revolubleshovels in said casing, a revoluble drum in said casing disposed in thepath of and adapted to receive incoming grain and revolve same bycentrifugal force, and a deflecting-plate disposed in the path of thegrain carried by said drum to discharge the sameinto the path of theshovels adjacent the delivery-spout.

2. In a car-loader, the combination with the casing and the revolubleshovels therein, of a IOO drum rotatable with said shovels andconcentric with tllQEtXiS of rotation and projecting through an openingin one wall of said casing, a feed-spout communicating with said casingand delivering into said drum, and a deflecting-plate projecting intosaid drum and disposed in the path of the grain carried thereby,substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a car-loader, the combination with the casing and the shovelsrevolubly mounted therein, of a concentric drum rigid with said shovelsand projecting through an opening in one wall of said casing, afeed-spout communicating with said drum, and a deflecting-plateprojecting into the drum in the path of grain carried thereby,substantially as described.

4. A car-loader, comprising in combination a substantially cylindricalcasing having a tangentially-disposed delivery-spout, a plurality ofshovels revolubly mounted in said casing, a concentric drum rigid withsaid shovels and projecting through an opening in one side of saidcasing, a disk disposed in the outer end portion of said drum andrigidly mounted on said casing, a receiving-spout carried by said diskand communicating with the interior of said casing through an opening insaid disk, and a deflecting-plate carried by said disk and projectinginto said drum and disposed adjacent the inner face thereof in the pathof grain carried by said drum, substantially as described.

5. In a car-loader, the combination with a casing having inlet anddelivery spouts and provided with perforations for the passage of dust,of a plurality of revoluble shovels in said casing, a revoluble drumdisposed in the path of the incoming grain and adapted to revolve thesame by centrifugal force, and a defleeting-plate disposed in the pathor the grain carried by said drum to discharge the same into the path ofthe shovels and adjacent the delivery-spout.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' MARCINE C. LILLY. Witnesses:

RUDOLPH IVM. Lorz, F. SoHLoTFELD.

